Mary Jones and Geoff Jones Solutions for Chapter: Inheritance, Exercise 4: End-of-chapter questions

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Mary Jones Biology Solutions for Exercise - Mary Jones and Geoff Jones Solutions for Chapter: Inheritance, Exercise 4: End-of-chapter questions

Attempt the practice questions on Chapter 18: Inheritance, Exercise 4: End-of-chapter questions with hints and solutions to strengthen your understanding. Cambridge IGCSE® Biology Coursebook Third Edition solutions are prepared by Experienced Embibe Experts.

Questions from Mary Jones and Geoff Jones Solutions for Chapter: Inheritance, Exercise 4: End-of-chapter questions with Hints & Solutions

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Upper Secondary: IGCSE
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Explain the difference between homozygous and heterozygous.

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Upper Secondary: IGCSE
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Explain the difference between genotype and phenotype.

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Upper Secondary: IGCSE
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Explain the difference between mitosis and meiosis.

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Upper Secondary: IGCSE
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Explain the difference between haploid and diploid.

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Upper Secondary: IGCSE
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Explain the difference between base sequence and amino acid sequence.

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Upper Secondary: IGCSE
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Explain the difference between DNA and RNA.

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Upper Secondary: IGCSE
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A breeder has several black rabbits and white rabbits. He knows that black fur in rabbits is caused by a dominant allele, B. White fur is caused by the recessive allele a. Explain what the breeder can do to determine the genotype of one of his black rabbit. Use genetic diagrams as per the answer.

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Upper Secondary: IGCSE
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Two women gave birth in the same hospital on the same afternoon. Their babies were taken away and then brought back to them one hour later. One of the women were worried that she had been given the wrong baby. She asked for blood tests to be carried out. The hospital found that she was group A and her husband was group O. The other mother was group AB and her husband was group A. The woman with blood group A had been given the baby with blood group O. The woman with group AB was given the baby with blood group B. Use genetic diagrams to determine whether the women had been given the right babies.